diyéés

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yéés (imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to move with a turning motion”).

Verb

diyéés

it starts to sliding along (as a boulder)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	diyéés
PERFECTIVE	deezyiz
FUTURE	didooyis

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